Two flagrant examples are in Ohio and Illinois, where the states' supreme courts nullified major legislative reforms of tort law.
During the legislative debate over the law, Democrats promised Obamacare would create jobs, lower health care costs, and allow people to keep their current plans if they chose to.
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But no law enforcement or legislative effort has put a dent in the demand for online poker play in the U.S. that involves financial bets.
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And Plaid Cymru's Elfyn Llwyd has scored a major legislative coup by getting the law on stalking toughened up, after the all-party group on stalking held an inquiry under his chairmanship.
Their jobs must be done by the legislative and executive branch under established law.
As speaker of the state house, Feeney has full control of the legislative agenda, and nothing becomes law without his approval.
In 1998, after a legislative battle, King signed a law granting, for the first time, island dwellers legal control of a three-mile ring of water around their island.
Kennedy asked Gov. Deval Patrick and state leaders to "amend the law through the normal legislative process to provide for a temporary gubernatorial appointment until the special election occurs, " according to the letter, dated July 2.
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The Council of Europe - which oversees the ECHR - has said the UK is obliged "to introduce legislative proposals to amend the electoral law imposing a blanket restriction on voting rights of convicted prisoners in prison and achieve compliance with the court's judgement".
Although New Jersey passed pension reform for government employees last year, the law did little to restrict legislative prerogatives.
And we are hopeful and we see encouraging words from Congress that this proposal can be gotten through the legislative process this year and signed into law by the President.
The bill is the final part of a series of recent legislative reforms to the system of property law in Scotland based on reports published by the Scottish Law Commission.
More than three decades before the massive storm devastated the Atlantic coast, a state law and a series of legislative reports began warning New York politicians to prepare for a storm of historic proportions that would cause the towering storm surge, overwhelming flooding and widespread power outages caused by Sandy.
If President Obama signs the bill into law, he will have more legislative and executive authority than any president in U.S. history to punish Iran.
Mr. Humphry called the Oregon law his movement's greatest legislative success.
But Cornell University law professor Josh Chafetz, a legislative expert and former federal clerk, says any judicial proceedings relating to the civil action will likely take years and outlast any political interest in the case.
Under EU law, the European Parliament has no legislative powers on tax policies, but must be formally consulted.
Mr D'Alema has therefore proposed a legislative short-cut to approve a new electoral law that would remove the need for a referendum.
And our position is if they want to change the law, they should do that through the legislative process.
Behind the legislative assault is an industry that has long targeted the law.
Common law courts have the inherent power to evolve the law, and judicial evolution sidesteps the messy legislative sausage-making process.
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Counsel General John Griffiths AM also answered a question on the assembly government's legislative plans following the result of the referendum on full law-making powers.
Cuomo and legislative leaders in state budget talks plan to change the law that was passed in January before a provision kicks in banning the sale of 10-bullet magazines.
It would appear that Senator Lugar is going to such lengths in defiance of traditional Senate practice and good governance principles for a simple reason: As a veteran of a number of scarring legislative battles over defective accords, he must recognize that this Law of the Sea treaty cannot stand the light of day.
Yet like previous legislative efforts to provide relief to exonerees, it failed to become law.
During the first legislative session after her election, her administration passed a state ethics law overhaul.
"We hope the Parliament will take the legislative suggestions given by the committee, " and translate these into law, Verma said.
Last year, Gov. Patrick signed the sales tax holiday law on July 31, the last day of the legislative session, giving taxpayers two weeks official notice before it started on Aug. 14th.
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If so, it is time for those sworn to uphold our Constitution - law enforcement agencies, the courts and the executive and legislative branches - to monitor such activities and, where appropriate, take corrective action.
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"The court pays more attention now to the text" of the law and the Constitution, he said, and less to legislative history, congressional floor debates and the views of foreign governments.
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